The second part of the season begins
Thiago Motta faces his former team at 6.30pm, then Lecce-Salernitana at 8.45pm
BOLOGNA-SPEZIA (27/1/23, 6.30 PM)
Bologna are unbeaten in their five (W3 D2) Serie A matches against Spezia, scoring 11 goals against the Liguri (2.2 on average per match).
Bologna have scored in each of their last six Serie A matches played on Fridays (W3 D1 L2) - the last time the Emiliani have failed to find the net in the top-flight on this day of the week was back to February 2016, when they drew 0-0 against Juventus at Dall`Ara. Spezia have lost each of their five Serie A matches played on Fridays, conceding three goals on average per game (15 total).
Spezia are the team that Thiago Motta has managed the most times in Serie A - 38 games in 2021/2022 season, with 10 wins, six draws and 22 defeats.
LECCE-SALERNITANA (27/1/23, 8.45 PM)
Lecce won their only previous match in Serie A against Salernitana, 2-1 on 16th September 2022, with goals from Assan Ceesay, Joan González own goal and Gabriel Strefezza’s winning goal.
Lecce haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last 17 matches at Via Del Mare stadium in Serie A, their longest home run in the competition: their last such clean sheet was back on 2nd February 2020: 4-0 win against Torino.
Antonio Candreva (451) could equal Roberto Baggio (452 games) as the 35th player with the most matches in Serie A – he has scored one goal in the competition against Lecce, for Inter in August 2019.
(Photo LaPresse)
26 gen 2023